Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes CREOLE

BA/MASA Seminar: Law and (De-)Globalization: anthropological approaches and current debates

Dienstag, 18.03.2025

International law and legal institutions are at the heart of multilateralism, global governance and the so-called rules-based international order. Law in its multiple shapes and forms continues to play a major role in both facilitating and regulating the transfer and movement of capital, goods, people and ideas across borders. However, this global order is currently facing multiple crises from the threat of climate change to trade tensions and military conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. The rise of nationalist authoritarianism, with strong reassertions of sovereignty as well as protectionist trade policies and states’ growing concerns about energy security have led commentators to speculate on whether we might be witnessing an era of deglobalization. This seminar examines the dynamic intersection between law and the processes of (de-)globalization. It first explores how global trends such as the expansion of transnational trade, international human rights frameworks, global environmental policies, and international justice are articulated through (evolving) legal systems, norms, and institutions. Drawing on anthropological and socio-legal case studies, it puts into perspective how law has participated in the formation of global hierarchies and discusses the shifting boundaries of legal authority in a globalised world. In a second step, we will discuss which counterforces are being seen as driving deglobalisation. In a world that is so deeply entangled, also through different legal systems, does it make sense to speak of deglobalisation? And if so, what (legal) practices and political processes might be seen to be contributing to such a trend?

Dozierende(r):	Dr. Kiri Olivia Santer
18.03.2025:	10:15 - 12:00
Ort:	EG, F 001, Seminarraum Unitobler Lerchenweg 36

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